2020 is the centenary of the founding of the Beaver Hall Group.
Let's celebrate their contribution to Canadian Modernism!
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Let's celebrate their contribution to Canadian Modernism!
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At the Brockville Museum until October 9, 2020
This much-anticipated exhibit celebrates Canadian modernist Prudence Heward along with her painting friends, Charles and Ruth Eliot, Sarah Robertson, and A.Y. Jackson. It brings together for the first time 16 paintings of the Brockville area and explores the history of nearby Fernbank in the 1920s and 30s.
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FOR YOUR LIBRARY:
The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy
The Women of Beaver Hall: Canadian Modernist Painters
Available online or at your favourite bookstore
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The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy
Dundurn Press, 2017
Nominated for the Melva J. Dwyer Award given to the creators of exceptional reference or research tools relating to Canadian art and architecture.
Have a look inside The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy!
The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy
Dundurn Press
An exploration into Montreal's Beaver Hall Group and its legacy of women painters who rank among Canada's most outstanding artists.
Today it is difficult to imagine that the art of Montreal’s Beaver Hall Group was once shocking. As these Modernists struggled against academic art, critics such as Samuel Morgan-Powell ranted –– “rough”, “meaningless”, “blatant plastering and massing of unpleasant colours in weird landscapes” –– and likened their paintings to jazz –– the “cacophonous riot of metallic yowlings” –– that was invading the city.
Moreover, unlike their contemporaries, the Group of Seven, the Beaver Hall Group dared to break with tradition and accept women members. The result was a legacy of some the finest women painters Canada has so far produced. In 2005, Evelyn Walters gave them deserved attention in her acclaimed book, The Women of Beaver Hall: Canadian Modernist Painters.
Now, a follow-up, The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy delves into the engrossing life stories of the twenty-five artists who belonged to the Beaver Hall Group and the Women of Beaver Hall. Over seventy-five images gleaned from museums and private collections highlight the work of these pioneering artists who changed the course of Canadian art. Written for student and scholar alike, yet free of academic jargon, The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy is a must for every art lover’s library.
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About the author:
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Evelyn Walters’ expertise on the Beaver Hall Group grew out of research for her art collection and Ph.D. She is the author of The Women of Beaver Hall, one of the first books to be written on the Beaver Hall Group, and The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy. A former Montrealer, she now lives in Toronto.
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Where to buy:
Available at Amazon, at Indigo, at the Ingram Gallery, at your favourite book seller or at your library. (ebook or hardcover). Jargon free: perfect for both students and scholars of Canadian art. And a beautiful coffee-table book!
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Have a look inside:
Where to buy:
Available at Amazon, at Indigo, at the Ingram Gallery, at your favourite book seller or at your library. (ebook or hardcover). Jargon free: perfect for both students and scholars of Canadian art. And a beautiful coffee-table book!
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Have a look inside:
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The Beaver Hall Group 2-Book Bundle
The Women of Beaver Hall / The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy
Dundurn Press, 2017
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